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Word: visitant (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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House Guest. In Philadelphia, a court awarded Lela Ruth Sauder $2,500 back pay as a reluctant housekeeper, errand girl, barber and chauffeur to George C. Swanfeld, 90, who came to her house for a two-week visit, stayed on for twelve years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Mar. 17, 1947 | 3/17/1947 | See Source »

...that Harry Truman's three-day trip to Mexico was an unqualified diplomatic success. The trip had been planned on the spur of the moment, and largely because of his friendship for Mexico's bald, beaming Ambassador Antonio Espinosa de los Monteros. The ambassador had suggested a visit one day last winter; the President had agreed wholeheartedly, then had said: "How about some time in March...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Fiesta | 3/17/1947 | See Source »

...still shining brightly on the wings of airplanes on the field, and the mountain air was chill, a thousand people were on hand to bid him goodbye. As the Sacred Cow labored off the runways, Harry Truman was worrying a little. Mexico's President Aleman was to visit him next month, and he wondered if his busy fellow Norte-Americanos would take time to match the hospitality he had encountered south of the border...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Fiesta | 3/17/1947 | See Source »

...Lessons of Ashkhabad. Would the Ministers soon consider their visit to the Yar equally unprofitable? If they bogged down in their task of making peace for Germany, there were other things for them to do in Moscow. For instance, they could look about them and learn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CONFERENCES: Reunion at the Yar | 3/17/1947 | See Source »

Other Mexicans hope for loans, treaties and boundary changes from the President of the U.S. on his visit this week. Shy, plump Genaro Corona Morales, the legless bootblack of the presidential palace, just wants to shine Harry Truman's shoes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEXICO: Shorty | 3/10/1947 | See Source »

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